Azure wont let me crate free data base offer

Question

I'm unable to redeem the free data base offer, I get the follwing error

    "status": "Failed",
    "error": {
        "code": "ProvisioningDisabled",
        "message": "Provisioning of free limit database is not supported for provided service level objective or region"
    }
}

I'm on Mexico, I don't know why it says that, I can't find where it states that the offer is not available in Mexico

Answer 1

Hello misael gonzalez soria, per the comments referenced in the article below, the free SQL is now rolled out across all Azure regions and so, Mexico as a region may not be the issue here.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/new-azure-sql-database-free-offer/

Please ensure that you don't already have an Azure SQL database with the free offer applied since there's a limit of one free database per subscription.

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Answer 2

Hi misael gonzalez soria •,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

As I understand, you are trying to create free offer Azure SQL Database.

Please ensure below you meet below mentioned prerequisites:

• If you're evaluating Azure, consider the Azure free account, with many services available free for 12 months.
• While the previous offer required an Azure Free subscription, this new offer is available regardless of your Azure subscription type.
• An Azure subscription that doesn't already have a SQL Database with the free offer applied.
  • There's a limit of one free amount database per subscription.

Compared to a normal General Purpose database, this free offer has the following limitations.

• When the Auto-pause the database until next month option is enabled:
  • Maximum of 4 vCores and the maximum database size of 32 GB.
  • Long-term backup retention isn't available, and point-in-time restore (PITR) retention is limited to seven days.
  • Backup storage is local redundant storage only.
  • Backup storage is free.
• When the Continue using database for additional charges option is enabled:
  • Backup storage up to 32 GB is free.
  • You can't revert to the Auto-pause the database until next month option.
• The ability to restore or convert an existing database to the free offer database, or data sync with other databases, isn't available.
• Elastic Jobs and DNS Alias aren't available for this free offer.
• The free offer Azure SQL Database can't be a part of an elastic pool or failover group.
• Currently, you can only use the Azure portal to create the free offer database.
• Currently, the Microsoft Azure for Students Starter offer is incompatible with this Azure SQL Database free offer. Instead, consider the Azure for College Students offer or the Azure Free offer. If desired, the Continue using database for additional charges option can deduct from the starting credits.
• For more information, review the Azure SQL Database free offer FAQ.

When you're finished using these resources, or if you want to start over again with a new free database (limit one per subscription), you can delete the resource group you created, which also deletes the Azure SQL Database logical server and single database within it.

To delete myFreeDBResourceGroup and all its resources using the Azure portal:

1. In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups, and then select myFreeDBResourceGroup from the list.
2. On the Resource group page, select Delete resource group.
3. Under Type the resource group name, enter myFreeDBResourceGroup, and then select Delete.
4. After you delete your free offer database, it takes up to one hour for the free offer banner to reappear.

Hope this helps.

Thanks